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ADULTERATED SAMPLES
The following is a detailed statement of the adulterated samples and
the action taken:—
Sample
No.
Sample of
1 Pudding Mixture
(Informal)
2 Pork Sausages
(Informal)
3 Pork Chipolata
sages (Formal)
4 Pork Chipolata
sages (Formal)
5 Strawberry Jam
(Informal)
31 Ice cream (Informal)
34 Ice cream (Formal)
60 Sardines in oil
(Informal)
Contained
gramme.
Remarks
carcases of mites
Stock withdrawn.
360 per
Contained meat 52% by weight. A
deficiency of 20% as judged by the
standard of Meat Products (No. 3)
Order, 1952. Further sample unobtainable.
Contained undeclared preservative-sulphide
calculated as sulphur dioxide—85 parts
per million by weight. Vendors warned.
Contained undeclared preservative-sulphide
calculated as sulphur dioxide—285
parts per million by weight. Vendors
warned.
Contained sulphur dioxide in excess of the
Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in
Food) Regulations. Referred to the
Ministry of Food.
30% deficient in fat. Formal sample
obtained No. 34.
36% deficiency in fat. Manufacturers
warned. Further samples proved genuine.
Contained lead. Eight parts per million.
Referred to Ministry of Food.
COMPLAINTS RELATING TO FOREIGN BODIES IN FOOD
Nine complaints were received and investigated during the year
relating to foreign matter in food. Legal proceedings were not instituted
but appropriate warnings were given, this action generally resulted in
improvements at the manufacturing premises which should prevent
repetition.
FACTORIES
Number of factories on register (including bakehouses) 134
Number of inspections 294
Number of defects discovered and remedied 31
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